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The causes of functional psychoses as seen by patients and their relatives. II. The relatives' point of view
M C Angermeyer1, D Klusmann, O Walpuski
1Department of Psychiatric Sociology, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Federal Republic of Germany.
European Archives of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
The concepts of relatives of patients suffering from functional psychoses regarding the causes of the illness were investigated using the same methodological approach as with the patients. Relatives, like patients, favoured psychosocial over biological explanations. However, when compared pairwise the concordance between relatives and patients was very low. Some methodological refinements recommended for further research are proposed.